Ihubo 71
1 Kuwe Thixo, sengithole isiphephelo;
mangingayangiswa lanini.
2 Ngihlenga ungikhulule ngokulunga kwakho;
ngilalela, woza ngokuphangisa ungisindise.
3 Woba lidwala lami lokuphephela,
lapho engingaya khona loba nini;
tshono umlayo wokuba ngisindiswe,
ngoba ulidwala lami lenqaba yami.
4 Ngikhulula, Oh Nkulunkulu, esandleni sababi,
emandleni abantu ababi abalochuku.
5 Ngoba ube ulithemba lami, Oh Thixo Wobukhosi,
ithemba lami kusukela ebutsheni bami.
6 Kusukela ekuzalweni kwami ngahle ngeyama kuwe;
nguwe owangikhuphayo esiswini sikamama.
Ngizakudumisa njalonjalo.
7 Senginjengomhlolo kwabanengi,
kodwa wena uyisiphephelo sami esiqinileyo.
8 Umlomo wami ugcwele udumo lwakho,
umemezela inkazimulo yakho ilanga lonke.
9 Ungangilahleli kude nxa sengiluphele;
ungangifulatheli lapho amandla ami esephelile.
10 Ngoba izitha zami zikhuluma kubi ngami;
labo abalindele ukungibulala bahlangana ngami.
11 Bathi, “UNkulunkulu usemlahlile;
xotshanani laye limbambe,
ngoba kakho ozamlamulela.”
12 Ungabi khatshana kwami, Oh Nkulunkulu;
woza masinyane, Oh Nkulunkulu wami, uzongisiza.
13 Sengathi labo abangethesa amacala
bangabhubha beyangekile;
sengathi labo abafuna ukungilimaza
bangabhixwa ngehlazo lokuyangeka.
14 Kodwa mina ngizahlala ngithembile;
ngizakudumisa kakhulu.
15 Umlomo wami uzafakaza ngokulunga kwakho,
langensindiso yakho ilanga lonke,
lokuba ngingasazi isilinganiso sayo.
16 Ngizakuza ngifakaze ngemisebenzi yakho emikhulu,
Oh Thixo Wobukhosi;
ngizafakaza ngokulunga kwakho, okwakho wedwa.
17 Kusukela ebutsheni bami, Oh Nkulunkulu, wangifundisa,
kuze kube lamuhla ngimemezela
imisebenzi yakho emangalisayo.
18 Lokuba sengiluphele sengiyimpunga
ungangideli, Oh Nkulunkulu,
ngize ngifakaze ngamandla akho esizukulwaneni esizayo,
amandla akho kubo bonke abalandelayo.
19 Ukulunga kwakho kufika emkhathini, Oh Nkulunkulu,
wena osuwenze izinto ezinkulu.
Ngubani, Oh Nkulunkulu, onjengawe?
20 Loba usungenze ngabona inhlupheko
ezinengi lezibuhlungu,
uzangenyula njalo ekujuleni komhlabathi.
21 Uzalwandisa udumo lwami
ungiduduze futhi njalo.
22 Ngizakudumisa ngechacho
ngenxa yokuthembeka kwakho,
Nkulunkulu wami;
ngizahlabelela indumiso kuwe ngomqangala,
wena oNgcwele ka-Israyeli.
23 Izindebe zami zizamemeza ngentokozo
lapho ngihlabelela indumiso kuwe
mina ongisindisileyo.
24 Ulimi lwami luzatshona lukhuluma ngokulunga kwakho
ilanga lonke,
ngoba labo abafuna ukungilimaza
sebeyangisiwe basanganiswa.